Car-replacer.



c. B. MQCUEAN & B. E. MILLER.

GAR REPLACER.

APPLIOTON FILED JUNE 20,1914.

1,1 22,973. Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

WITN ESSES XW@ A ATTO R N EY THE NoRRls PETERS Co.. PHOT0-LI TMO., WASHINGTON. D, C

' Tnn STATES rATnNT orricn.

CHRISTOPHER BALSEY MQCUEAN AND BURTON EL'LSWORTI-I BILLER, OF CONNELLS- VILLE, BENNSYLVANIA. l

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

Application filed I une 20, 1914. Serial No. 846,345.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that we, CHRISTOPHER B. Mo- CUEAN and BURTON E. MILLER, citizens or the United States, residing at Connellsville, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Car-lteplacer, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in car replacers.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of car replacers and to provide a simple, strong, and comparatively inexpensive car replacer of relatively light construction, equipped with means adapted to clamp the car replacer firmly and securely to a rail, and capable of adjustment toy engage rails of different sizes.

A. further object of the invention is to provide a car replacer of this character in which the means for fastening the car replacer to the rails will be easily operable, and at the same time, permanently connected with the car replacer, so that there will be no liability of the parts becoming separated and lost, whereby the car replacer will always be in condition for instant use.

With these and other objectsin view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims appended hereto, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion,

j size and minor details ot construction, Within the scope of the claims, may be re sorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrilicing any of the advantages of the invention. j

In the drawing: Figure l is a front elevation of a car replacer constructed in accor-dance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the car replacer, showing the same applied to a rail, the latter being in section. Fig. 3 is a plan view, partly in section. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the car replacer, partly "in section. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectionalvview on the line 5*-5 ofFigB. .p

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the iguresof the drawing. j i

In the accompanying drawing, in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of .8 and a top connecting portion 4.

the invention, l designates a car replacer consistingtpreferably, of a hollow casting and comprising inner and outer walls Q and The inner and outer walls 2 and 3 are substantially segmental; the outer wall extends above the plane of the inner wall, and the top portion t, which is curved longitudinally, is also laterally inclined. The curved top portion, which is substantially arcuate, extends upwardly and inwardly from each end to the center, and it has a slight transverse curvaturek which extends downwardly and inwardly toward the rail 5, to which the car replacer is secured. When a car wheel is drawn upwardly over the car replacer from either end, it is lifted to a point above the rail, and the lateral inclination of the convex upper face of the car replacer causes the wheel to slide downwardly and inwardly toward the rail, and the car wheel is thereby easily replaced on the said rail.

The hollow construction of the car replacer provides a relatively light construction which is strengthened by transverse webs or flanges 6 arranged within the hollow body of the car replacer at the top thereof and disposed in approximately radial relation. The end webs or flanges are horizontal and provide ilat surfaces to rest upon two cross ties, (not shown) the central web or ilange is disposed in a vertical position; and the intermediate flanges are arranged at different inclinations, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawing. The end webs or flanges are provided at their lower faces with spurs or pointed projections 7, adaptedto be embedded in the cross ties to prevent longitudinal movement of the car replacer. The inner wall of the car replacer is provided at its exterior with a recess S forming a lower thin vertical por tion and a relatively thick upper projecting overhanging portion 9 extending upwardly and inwardly over the outer bottom ange of the rail and terminating in a vertical plane adjacent to the head of the rail, so that the upper laterally curved wheel receiving face of the car replacer is extended to a point in close proximity to the rail.

rlhe inner and outer walls are provided with centrally depending extensions l0 and 11 of approximately rectangular form, adapted to project downwardly between two cross ties and provided with alined openings wall is enlarged to permit the locking bar 14 to swing upwardly and downwardly sulficiently to engage the hoolr or jaw 15 with the bottoni iiange of the rail, and to disengage it therefrom. The bar projects outwardly beyond the outer wall 3 and it is provided in its outer portion with a longitudinal slot 1G forthe reception of a wedge 17 which engages the exterior face of the outer wall 3 and the outer end wall of the vslot 16, whereby the locking bar is drawn into tight engagement with the rail. The slot extends inwardly beyond the inner iace of the outer wall v3, and is designed to be of suliicient length to permit 'the necessary adjustment of the locking bar to enable the car replacer to be applied to rails of different sizes. ln order to prevent the locking bar from becoming accidentally separated from the body oiLl the car replacer `and being lost, it is equipped with a vertical screw 13 extending through a perforation 19 of the bar lll and projecting above and below the same a suficient distance to prevent the bar from being inoved inwardly through the inner opening 12. The screw is secured to the locking bar by upper and lower nuts 2O which er1- gage the upper and lower faces of the locking bar. rlhe wedge` 17, which has an inclined outer edge and a vertical inner edge, is provided with an arm 21 extending along the exterior face of the outer walls 3 and pivoted to the saine by a bolt 22 or other suitable means, to permit thewedge to be swung upwardly and downwardly into'and out of engagementwith the locking bar. When the wedge isvdisconnected from the locking bar, it is retained in position for instant use by the pivot or'l the arm 21. Y By this construction the car replacer is always in condition for instant use, and niay be easily and quickly adjusted to rails of dilferent sizes. v

. What is claimed is i f 1. Acar replacer consisting of a hollow body and comprising substantially segmental spaced inner and outer walls, and an arcuate Vtopportion inclined laterally and longitudinally and connecting the inner andouter walls, the said outer wall being vertical and the inner wall being provided in its exterior face with a recess forming a-lower relatively thin vertical portion and an upper enlarged projecting portion arranged to overhang the bottom flange of. a rail and constituting an extension of the top of the body, said extensegmental walls, a substantially arcuate top Y portion connecting the inner and outer walls at the top of vthe body, a longitudinal series ol webs or flanges connecting the inner and outer walls at thetop of the body and disposed substantially radially with relation to the said walls, the end webs or iianges being horizontal to rest upon `the cross ties and provided with means for engaging the saine.

3. A car replacer including a body adapted to be arranged upon the cross ties at the side of a. rail and provided with inner and outer depending'portions extending below the said rail and having alined openings located in Vsubstantially the plane 'of the bottoni flanges of the rail, the opening of the inner depending portion vbeing enlarged, a

locking bar extending through the alined openings'and having an inner rail engaging end, said inner enlarged opening permitting the locking bar tobe'oscillated to engage it with and disengage it from the rail, means carried by the locking bar and located between the said inner and outer depending portions and projectingabove and below the openings to retain lthe locking bar therein, and means carried by the car replacer and y constituting a substantially permanent part thereof for retainingthe locking bar in engagement with the rail. v

Li. A car replacer including a body provided with inner and outer depending portions having alined openings, a locking bar extending .through the openings and provided at its inner end 'with a'raill engaging portion, the outer portion of the locking bar having a slot,a vertical device mounted on the llocking bar b'etweenztlie` said inner and outer depending portions and projecting above and below the saiclbar, said device Vforming a stop to prevent the withdrawal of the lockingban'an'd awedge forengaging the slot of' the locking bar, said wedge having an arin pivoted to the outer. wall of the:V

body and permitting the wedge .to swing into and out of thefsaid slot. Y

-ln testimony, that wefclaim the' foregoing as our own, we have hereto ailixed our vsigna-` tures in the .presence of two witnesses. v i CHRlSTOPHER BLSEYKMCVGUEK.

BURTON 'ELLSWORTH MILLER. llitnesses: h

G. C. Amis'rnons,

`SAMUEL S. CLARK.

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